Visual Studio 2010 Code snippet

Question

i have managed to make a code snippet and its all good, the question is i dont want to use ctrl+k ctrl +S then click on the snippet , instead i want to use a combination of keys to just use the snippet right away , or at least pressing ctrl+k ctrl + S then another combination ?

is that possible ?

thanks in advance...

Answer 1

If you say you're pressing Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S is because the snippet you added was a Surround With snippet, isn't it?

I suggest you installing ReSharper for this purpose. You can easily add all kind of snippets (called templates in ReSharper), and of course, Surround-With snippets.

After adding a template, you can give it the number you want.

Then all you have to do is press: Ctrl+Alt+J and you will see the following:

And all you have to do is press the number of the snippet you want.

For example, if you want to surround some code with an if, you press: Ctrl+Alt+J, 1.

Note:
In this moment, I don't really remember if Ctrl+Alt+J is the keyboard shortcut by default, because I have changed many of them, but you can check it in ReSharper > Edit > Surround With Template...

Answer 2

Easier than typing a key-combination is just typing the name+[Tab]+[Tab]. Visual Studio is pretty good at remembering the last ones used to make it even easier.

"f+[tab]+[tab]" creates a for loop snippet.